Things I learnt today: During WW1, MI5 used Girl Guides to send secret messages. They used Girl Guides because they quickly found that Boy Scouts couldn’t be trusted and were’t efficient enough.
“At the start of the war Boy Scouts were also used. But it quickly became clear that Girl Guides were more efficient because they were less boisterous and talkative.”
the boy scouts were too gossipy, so they used girl guides as spies instead this is probably the best day of my life
no but theres a horrible histories thing on this I can’t find a clip but it starts about 15:20 in this episode http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22rtfn_horrible-histories-frightful-first-world-war_shortfilms
fearlessstateofmind backup 